Active ingredients.

Here is a list of active ingredient suppliers and their specialties. For more information about the companies listed here, contact the supplier directly using the numbers provided.

* AarhusKarlshamn AB

Karlshamn, Sweden

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.aak.com

Specialties: Natural, vegetable lipid ingredients

In the U.S.:

* AarhusKarlshamn USA Inc.

New Jersey

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.aak.com

Specialties: Natural, vegetable lipid ingredients

* Arch Personal Care Products LLP

South Plainfield, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.archpersonalcare.com

Specialties: Fermentation, anti-dandruff actives, biotechnological actives, delivery systems, functional ingredients, theology modifiers, natural and plant actives, preservation systems, proteins

* BASF

Florham Park, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.cosmetics.basf.com

Specialties: Actives for skin care, hair care and sun care

* Bayer Sante Familiale, Division Serdex

Puteaux, France

Tel: [phone]

Email: jean-christophe.lepetit@

bayerhealthcare.com

Website: www.plantextracts.com

Specialties: The Serdex Division is specialized in developing, manufacturing and marketing vegetal extracts aimed the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. We are proposing a whole range of highly purified and titrated extracts of exotic plants, such as Centella asiatica, Buddleja axillaris, Vernnonia Appendiculata and Panax notoginseng, with a package of safety and efficacy data that are strongly supporting these natural ingredients.

* BC Research, Inc

Elmwood Park NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.bcresearchusa.com

Specialties: Naturally-derived extract from a wide variety of plants and other natural resources with many cosmetic applications for skin and hair care.

* Cargill Inc

Tel: [phone]

Website: www.cargillpersonalcare.com

Specialties: Alginates, carrageenans, erythritol, glycerol, guar gum, locust bean gum, modified starches, pectins, scleroglucan, sorbitol, xanthan gum, and xylitol as well as dextrose, glucose syrup, hydroxypropyl corn and lecithin.

* CBC (America) Corp.

Commack, NY

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.cbcamerica.com

Specialties: CBC (America) Corp. has been in the industries for more than 35 years and have a network of more than 15 countries worldwide. Unique products include Re-Cell Powder (radiance masque application), Zein DP (hair styling and reparing), diacyl glyceryl ether (UV protection).

* Charkit Chemical Corporation

Norwalk, CT

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.charkit.com

Specialties: Arbutin, kojic acid, kojic acid dipahnitate, potassium azeloyl diglycinate

* Centerchem, Inc.

Norwalk, CT

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.centerchem.com

Specialties: Peptides; novel delivery systems; micro, macro and nano encapsulation; specialty non-animal protein derivatives; organically cultivated alpine botanical extracts; hair conditioning agents; skin brighteners; self-tanning, sun-safe, adjuvants; essential oils

* Ciba Specialty Chemicals

High Point, NC

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.cibasc.com/personalcare

Specialties: Antimicrobials, functional silicones, UV absorbers, rheology modifiers, conditioning polymers, ingredient protectants, moisturizers, colors, encapsulated actives, colorants for cosmetics

* Clariant Corporation

Mount Holly, NC

Tel: [phone]

and:

* Clariant International, Ltd.

Muttenz, Switzerland

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.clariant-personalcare.com

Specialties: Octopirox (INCI: Piroctone olamine) a preservative or deodorant active agent; allantoin.

* CLR Chemisches Laboratorium/

Dr. Kurt Richter GmbH

Berlin, Germany

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.clr-berlin.com

Specialties: Research & development, production and sales of cosmetic bioactives

* Creations Couleurs

Dreux, France

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.creationscouleurs.com

Specialties: Sun care, color care and skin care

* Degussa Goldschmidt Personal Care

Essen, Germany

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.degussa-personal-care.com

Specialties: With a technology platform based on organic specialties, silicones and active ingredients, Goldschmidt provides high-quality ingredients for skin and hair care, sun care, AP/deo and decorative cosmetics. Prominent product examples are skin-identical ceramides, ultra-pure creatine, titanium dioxide powders and dispersions, sugar-based emulsifiers, polyglycerin-based emulsifiers, enzymatically produced emollients, high performance organomodified silicones as emulsifiers, waxes and conditioning agents and mild amphoterics.

* DeWolf Chemical, Inc.

East Providence, RI

Tel: [phone]

Website: www.dewolfchem.com

Specialties: Active ingredients, antioxidants, delivery systems

* E.I.DuPont de Nemours Ltd.

Wilmington, DE

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www2.dupont.com

Specialties: Glypure brand high purity glycolic acid

* Gattefosse Corporation

Paramus, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.gattefossecorp.com

Specialties: Sensorial and functional emulsifiers, texturizing agents, substantiated actives

* Grant Industries, Inc.

Elmwood Park NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.grantinc.com

Specialties: Actives in silicone elastomer gels, RD-101 All-trans retinoic ester, anti-aging peptides, actives in delivery vehicles, InvisaSkin, Grant-X instant wrinkle relaxation, formulated botanicals

* Induchem AG

Volketswil, Switzerland

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.induchem.com

Specialties: Anti-aging, sebum regulation, DNA repair, pollution protection

* International Specialty Products, Inc.

Wayne, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.ispcorp.com

Specialties: Anti-aging, anti-stress, anti-wrinkle, antioxidants, DNA protection, lip plumping, moisturizers, skin nourishers, sebum control, skin energizers, skin lighteners/brighteners, skin protectors, skin repair, skin soothers, skin tensors, slimming

* Jeen International

Fairfield, NJ

Tel: 800-771-JEEN

Email: [e-mail]; Website: www.jeen.com

Specialties: Bioconverted antioxidants, antinflamtory agents, biopeptides and botanicals

* Laboratoires Serobiologiques Division of Cognis

Ambler, PA

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

and:

Paris, France

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Website:

www.laboratoires-serobiologiques.com

Specialties: Actives for skin care, hair care, preservation and color cosmetics

* Mibelle Biochemistry

Buchs, Switzerland

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.mibellebiochemistry.com

Specialties: Customer tailored liposomes and nanoemulsions

* Rahn USA Corp.

Aurora, IL

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.rahn-group.com

Specialties: Our miscellaneous product portfolio contains high-quality auxiliary and active ingredients as well as special products. Our technical consultancy and support in combination with the remarkable product program allows us, in co-operation with our customers, to develop personalized solutions. An extract of our actives, which consist of carefully selected botanicals mainly, is Radicare with its strong free radical scavenging properties; Aquarich, a concept against dry skin with a penetrative effect and Perfeline to fight cellulite effectively. In addition, we offer actives called Hydractin, Defensil, Seboclear, Liftonin, Vitaderm, CellActive Hydro, CellActive Shape, CellActive VIP and many more.

* RITA Corporation

Crystal Lake, IL

Tel: [phone] or 1-800-426-7759

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.ritacorp.com

Specialties: Rovisomes (liposomes), proteins from Seiwa Kasei, Ritascreens, Triclosan, ZPt and Sytenol (Chiba), Ritapans, natural oils and butters, Ritaloe, Ritachitosan, Rita HA C-1-C and C-1-P, Ritamectants and Rita KA

* ROVI Cosmetics International GmbH

Schluechtern, Germany

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.rovicosmetics.de

Specialties: ROVI develops and produces state-of-the-art dermal carrier systems for multiple ingredients. We encapsulate your actives, transport them into the skin where they are released in higher concentrations.

* Sederma, Inc.

Edison, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.crodausa.com

Specialties: Cosmetic active ingredients

* Seppic

Fairfield, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.seppic.com

Specialties: Active ingredients based on lipoaminoacid technology as well as natural based chemistries.

* Univar (Europe)

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.univareurope.com

Specialties: Active polymers, UV filters, silicones, natural active ingredients

* Vertellus Specialties Inc.

Parsippany, NJ

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] or

[e-mail]

Website: www.vertellus.com

Specialties: Crystal castor oils (USP grade), Castorwax hydrogenated castor oil (NF grade), Casid UDA, undecylenic acid (USP grade) FDA Category I Anti-fungal